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dizzy_booknerd's review against another edition
4.0
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher and author for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review. I really enjoyed this historical fiction about WWII - it was heartbreaking to see what lengths a Jewish boy had to go to to hide his identity, and also I really liked the love story piece of it. I definitely recommend this one!
foxandbooks's review against another edition
3.0
Actual rating 3.5⭐
The Fortunate Ones by Catherine Hokin is historical fiction novel based during and after WWII. This book is different from most because the author tells the "after" story. After the war is over, after the Nazis have lost.
I enjoyed this book, but for me this book was at its best after the war had ended, and we got to see how each of the main characters handled it.
There is Felix, and if you ask him he doesn't consider himself Jewish, but the Nazis say he is. Then there is Inge, a German young lady who is told by her parents that she is going to have to marry a much older man. A man whose name is Max and happens to be in the SS.
Yes, this book is typical in that it follows the same format that most WWII historical fiction books follow. Felix winds up in a concentration camp, and Inge has her head stuck in the sand about what her SS husband. But it is after the war that this book goes one step further. What happens to Felix and Inge, and to those around them. I do have to say that I enjoyed the ending. It wasn't typical, and that is exactly what this book needed!
I received this book from Netgalley and Bookouture in exchange for my honest review.
The Fortunate Ones by Catherine Hokin is historical fiction novel based during and after WWII. This book is different from most because the author tells the "after" story. After the war is over, after the Nazis have lost.
I enjoyed this book, but for me this book was at its best after the war had ended, and we got to see how each of the main characters handled it.
There is Felix, and if you ask him he doesn't consider himself Jewish, but the Nazis say he is. Then there is Inge, a German young lady who is told by her parents that she is going to have to marry a much older man. A man whose name is Max and happens to be in the SS.
Yes, this book is typical in that it follows the same format that most WWII historical fiction books follow. Felix winds up in a concentration camp, and Inge has her head stuck in the sand about what her SS husband. But it is after the war that this book goes one step further. What happens to Felix and Inge, and to those around them. I do have to say that I enjoyed the ending. It wasn't typical, and that is exactly what this book needed!
I received this book from Netgalley and Bookouture in exchange for my honest review.
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